* The newspaper Tierra y Libertad, mouthpiece of the Iberian Anarchist Federation, published in edition 227 of June 2007 this manifesto of the International of Anarchist Federations (IAF-IFA; www.iaf-ifa.org) in support of those who in Venezuela today confront the bureaucratic capitalist project of the Chavez government as well as their social democrat and right wing opponents.

The Northeast Anarchist Network (NEAN) is a new network of anarchists and anti-authoritarian organizations and individuals that has been meeting and collaborating since February of 2007. The purpose of this letter is to clarify the purposes of this 4th Network Wide conference and to facilitate the broader community having influence over that process.

*Please Forward Widely, post to websites/boards and tell your comrades!*

The Bombs of August

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate, amid warnings of further attacks on the United States, approved a bill on Friday that would allow President George W. Bush to maintain his controversial domestic spying program.

Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the last place on earth I would have expected a “structurally deficient bridge” to collapse, but it happened. As sure as the levees broke in New Orleans, the bridge is no more. Now the state of Minnesota is living a nightmare where people I speak with are alternately devastated and furious: two parts tears, one part rage, with the ratio shifting by the hour.

As millions of college students begin preparing to enter college this fall, many have become accustom to increased tuitions year after year. Nationwide college tuitions are climbing and in some states the increase is 10 percent or more going into the fall semester. Stewart A. Alexander, a Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for President, says free education is possible through university level; a position the PFP, Peace and Freedom Party, has supported for 40 years.

Thursday, July 26, 2007 -

To look at the viaduct at 16th and Halsted, one would never guess that it was the site of a massive and bloody battle.

Sometimes it's the little things that reveal the horror of oppression most vividly.

Dr. Mona El-Farra, speaking here recently as part of a 17-city U.S. tour, related how recently a Palestinian woman in the Occupied Territories had gone into labor and was heading to a hospital.